Portfolio: West Goshen commercial property sold

Chuck Swope of Swope Lees Commercial Real Estate LLC represented the buyer in the transaction and was assisted by Dick Beidleman of Brite Realty Services Inc. as the seller’s agent.

Financing for the project was arranged by Chris Godshall of Meridian Bank.

The sale price was not disclosed.

The property, at 1041 Andrew Drive, is 9,919 square feet and is partially tenant occupied.

Morvent Air Conditioning & Heating will use the remaining space as its corporate headquarters. Morvent, a residential heating and air conditioning service and installation company, is moving from Kennett Square.

PRESERVATION: Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Land Preservation Board added 1,445 more acres on 21 farms to the state’s farmland preservation program on Feb. 14, a $33 million investment.

The board preserved farms in 10 counties including the Titus and Violet Beam farm, a 70-acre crop farm, in West Nantmeal, Chester County.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program identifies properties and slows the loss of prime farmland to non-agricultural uses.

Since the program began in 1988, state, county and local governments have invested nearly $1.2 billion to preserve 471,601 acres on 4,385 farms in 57 counties for future agricultural production.

Counties across Pennsylvania certified $15.4 million for farmland preservation in 2013.

For more information, visit www.agriculture.state.pa.us and search “farmland preservation.”

WI-FI: The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced free Wi-Fi service is now available at all operational service plazas.

The amenity was added to accommodate Turnpike customers who want to use smartphones, tablets, laptops or other portable devices to access the internet while traveling.

Customers can access free Wi-Fi at the 15 operating service plazas. Wi-Fi also will be available at South Midway in Bedford County and Highspire in Dauphin County, when they reopen in May.

Bethesda, Md.-based HMSHost Corp. is rebuilding 17 plazas as part of a 30-year public-private partnership with the Turnpike launched in 2006.